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| A Journey through Indo-China |
HN Das
Travelling through the three Indo-Chinese countries of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in May 2010, I realized that these countries have many things in common among themselves. They occupy a sprawling land mass of 747,402 sq km bounded by the Gulf of Tonkin in the east, the South China sea in the south, the Gulf of Thailand, Thailand itself and Myanmar in the west, and China in... |
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| China’s HR Report Card |
G Bharat
We hear of China’s nuclear support to nuclearize Pakistan. Newspapers scream of Chinese missiles likely to shift the Pacific power balance; the Red Army’s intrusions into neighbouring territories is a common practice. But do we ever hear of China’s abysmal human rights (HR) record against its own citizens? The answer is a plain ‘‘No’’. Probab... |
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| The Philosopher-Politician |
Dr Jyotsna Bhattacharjee
Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan does not need any introduction. He was born on September 5, 1888 at a small village, Tiruttani, 40 miles to the northwest of Madras. He spent his early life in Tiruttani and Tirupati, both places of pilgrimage. Possibly because of that he was attracted to religion from his early life. He had his education in Christian missionary institution... |
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